July 10, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has extended the order retraining the settlement officer Chitral from handing over the land record to the commissioner Malakand, the deputy commissioners of Upper and Lower Chitral districts and Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR).
The two-member PHC bench comprising Justice Lal Jan Khattak and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah extended the restraining order on a writ petition filed in 2019 to challenge the issuance of a 1975 notification that had declared all the mountains, wastelands and riverbeds as the property of the provincial government.
The court ordered the relevant authorities to submit replies in the case and adjourned the hearing.